New Deal Bird Art (10/10): "Pelican"

Above: "Pelican," a sculpture by Bue Kee (1893-1985), created while he was in the WPA, ca. 1935-1940. Kee's nephew, Dr. Dan Kee, professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, notes that his uncle Bue was "severely hearing impaired and never finished grade school. He loved everything pertaining to art. As a young man he attended the Portland Art School and was involved with the Timberline WPA Project at Mount Hood. He worked in oil, watercolor, pastel, ceramic and photography." Image courtesy of the Portland Art Museum.